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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101107008816

ISBN-139781107008816

eBay Product ID (ePID)102964152

Product Key Features

Number of Pages338 Pages

Publication NameBrethren in Christ : a Calvinist Network in Reformation Europe

LanguageEnglish

SubjectChristian Church / History, History, Christianity / Calvinist

Publication Year2011

TypeTextbook

AuthorOle Peter Grell

Subject AreaReligion

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight24 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2011-014908

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"...the richness of detail provides the reader with a profound appreciation for the meaning of religious identity in early modern Europe." -Raymond A. Mentzer, Renaissance Quarterly

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal284/.2408691409031

Table Of ContentIntroduction; 1. The start of the Calvinist network: the journey from Lucca, via Lyon, to Paris; 2. A European network takes shape; 3. The Calvinist network and the Thirty Years War; 4. The collections for Calvinist exiles in England, Scotland and Ireland; 5. The collections for Calvinist exiles in the Dutch Republic, Switzerland, and France; 6. The benevolence of wealthy, individual 'Brethren in Christ'; Epilogue.

SynopsisThis groundbreaking book explores the migration of Calvinist refugees in Europe during the Reformation, across a century of persecution, exile and minority existence. Ole Peter Grell follows the fortunes of some of the earliest Reformed merchant families, forced to flee from the Tuscan city of Lucca during the 1560s, through their journey to France during the Wars of Religion to the St Bartholomew Day Massacre and their search for refuge in Sedan. He traces the lives of these interconnected families over three generations as they settled in European cities from Geneva to London, marrying into the diaspora of Reformed merchants. Based on a potent combination of religion, commerce and family networks, these often wealthy merchants and highly skilled craftsmen were amongst the most successful of early modern capitalists. Brethren in Christ shows how this interconnected network, reinforced through marriage and enterprise, forged the backbone of international Calvinism in Reformation Europe., This groundbreaking book explores the migration of Calvinist refugees in Reformation Europe during a century of persecution, exile and minority existence. It traces the lives of some of the earliest Reformed merchant families as they forged the backbone of international Calvinism through a potent combination of marriage and enterprise.

LC Classification NumberBX9415 .G74 2011